Reviews tagging 'Death'

This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor by Adam Kay

180 reviews

lilymaych's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content and Medical trauma

Moderate: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Grief, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Abortion

readingthroughinfinity's review against another edition

dark emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

I'd heard from friends working in different sectors of the NHS how understaffed and overworked NHS staff are but this book is a sobering reminder of how bad things have truly become. The amount of times Adam Kay chronicles working back-to-back 12-hour shifts is staggering. 

I picked up the audiobook for this after starting the TV adaptation and it's equal parts uplifting and disheartening (to hear about the exhaustion and lack of support available for doctors and nurses). Adam Kay's caustic brand of humour brings so many moments of light-hearted relief among the sad and emotional diary entries that make up this book. I have a huge amount of respect and appreciation for everything NHS workers do and I wish our government afforded them the same respect (instead of gradually eroding the NHS and pushing it towards privatisation). Kay has a good suggestion for what we can do to change things: write to your MPs and demand changes at government level.

This is a great read, and although there are some extremely harrowing moments, it's definitely one I'd recommend for an eye-opening first-hand account of life as a medic.

Content warnings for graphic descriptions of blood and bodily trauma, pregnancy, miscarriages and stillbirth, death of children/babies, substance abuse, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempt, discussions of racism, fatphobia, excrement.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Fatphobia, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Excrement, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Body shaming

lara_anne's review against another edition

emotional funny informative fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Infertility, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, and Medical trauma

tulemme's review against another edition

emotional funny informative fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cancer and Infertility

Minor: Miscarriage and Suicide

zoemitchell's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death, Infertility, and Miscarriage

emmamcbride21's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny informative fast-paced

4.0

Tackles the most difficult subjects in a light hearted way that doesn’t make you feel all doom and gloom. Highlights real, serious issues without being unbearably heavy. Laughed out loud numerous times. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Infertility, Miscarriage, Suicide, Terminal illness, Blood, Medical content, Dementia, Medical trauma, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Injury/Injury detail

jayaniee2005's review against another edition

emotional funny informative reflective sad fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Infidelity, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Blood, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Abortion, and Pregnancy

maggies's review

challenging emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

Made me laugh out loud and cry all at once. Beautiful, funny, sad reflection on the horrors and joys of doctoring in the NHS.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy

gracejoesbury's review against another edition

emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit

tori_brody's review against another edition

emotional funny informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death